Title: WordPress Optimization
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# WordPress Optimization

 *  [japong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japong/)
 * (@japong)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/)
 * Is there a way that I can make my WordPress site load faster? I used w3 total
   cache but it doesnt work for me.
 * [https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Froyalbeardclub.com%2F](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Froyalbeardclub.com%2F)
 * Please help

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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/#post-7177768)
 * Look at the waterfall .
 * It appears that your server is taking 3.5 seconds to respond. Something to discuss
   with your hosts, perhaps.
 * Also, your images are pretty large (3.5 MB), and are taking a long time to render.
   The [feedback](http://www.webpagetest.org/result/160316_DK_Z2Y/1/performance_optimization/#compress_images)
   suggests you could compress these and save 2.5 MB. Consider using a compression
   tool such as [Caesium](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/caesium.sourceforge.net/?output_format=md)
   and/or use a Content Delivery Network.
 *  Thread Starter [japong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japong/)
 * (@japong)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/#post-7177774)
 * What do you mean by “Look at the waterfall”
 *  [Host Magi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mandraagora/)
 * (@mandraagora)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/#post-7177779)
 * Barnez is referring to the waterfall tab when you test your site with gtmetrix.
   com.
 * The other thing you might want to consider is formatting the images to be smaller
   in the first place. I mean, 3mb is pretty big for an image. And the more you 
   have the more resources it requires.
 * Finally, in terms of your server being slow to respond, I work for a hosting 
   company, so I can tell you that if you are on shared hosting, your host can’t
   really do much beyond checking the server health. Consider CloudFlare so you 
   are less reliant on your hosts server.
 * If you are on VPS or dedicated, ask your host to install memcache or other server-
   side caching, if this is not already in place. Of course, if you are on unmanaged
   server, you will have to do this yourself.
 *  Thread Starter [japong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japong/)
 * (@japong)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/#post-7177792)
 * Do you know any wordpress plugin that can compress my images?
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/#post-7177815)
 * Try one of these: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=compress+images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=compress+images)
 *  Thread Starter [japong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japong/)
 * (@japong)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/#post-7177853)
 * How about for minifying css and js. I have been trying w3 total cache but not
   working

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [japong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japong/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-optimization/#post-7177853)
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